Practical AI Security for Aspiring Professionals

A comprehensive course equipping aspiring professionals with the essential skills to secure AI systems across their lifecycle, from development to deployment.

Introduction to AI Security

Unit 1: Understanding AI Security

Unit 2: Core Security Concepts

Unit 3: CIA Triad and AI

Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Security Professionals

Unit 1: Machine Learning Foundations

Unit 2: Machine Learning Models

Unit 3: Data and Model Evaluation

Adversarial Attacks: Evasion Attacks

Unit 1: Understanding Evasion Attacks

Unit 2: Gradient-Based Evasion Attacks

Unit 3: Beyond Gradient-Based Attacks & Transferability

Adversarial Attacks: Poisoning Attacks

Unit 1: Understanding Poisoning Attacks

Unit 2: Types of Poisoning Attacks

Unit 3: Implementing and Detecting Poisoning Attacks

Adversarial Attacks: Model Extraction Attacks

Unit 1: Understanding Model Extraction

Unit 2: Query-Based Extraction

Unit 3: Transfer-Based Extraction

Unit 4: Defense Strategies

Data Privacy in AI: Data Leakage

Unit 1: Understanding Data Privacy

Unit 2: Data Leakage: Forms and Examples

Unit 3: Data Leakage in AI Models

Unit 4: Preventing Data Leakage

Data Privacy in AI: Re-identification Attacks

Unit 1: Understanding Re-identification Attacks

Unit 2: Re-identification Techniques

Unit 3: Preventing Re-identification

Security Risks in AI Supply Chains and Dependencies

Unit 1: Understanding AI Supply Chain Risks

Unit 2: Specific Vulnerabilities and Attack Vectors

Unit 3: Mitigation and Best Practices

Adversarial Training

Unit 1: Understanding Adversarial Training

Unit 2: Generating Adversarial Examples for Training

Unit 3: Implementing Adversarial Training

Differential Privacy

Unit 1: Understanding Differential Privacy

Unit 2: Techniques for Implementing Differential Privacy

Unit 3: Applying Differential Privacy to AI Models

Federated Learning

Unit 1: Introduction to Federated Learning

Unit 2: Architectures and Algorithms

Unit 3: Implementation and Security

Secure Aggregation

Unit 1: Understanding Secure Aggregation

Unit 2: Techniques for Secure Aggregation

Unit 3: Implementing Secure Aggregation

Unit 4: Challenges and Limitations

Robust Model Design

Unit 1: Understanding Robustness

Unit 2: Techniques for Robustness

Unit 3: Adversarial Training Deep Dive

Unit 4: Advanced Robustness Techniques

Unit 5: Evaluation and Best Practices

Secure Data Handling

Unit 1: Introduction to Secure Data Handling

Unit 2: Best Practices for Data Collection

Unit 3: Best Practices for Data Storage

Unit 4: Best Practices for Data Processing

Unit 5: Compliance and Regulations

Secure Model Development

Unit 1: Secure Model Development Fundamentals

Unit 2: Secure Training, Validation, and Testing

Unit 3: Code Review and Security Audits

Secure Model Deployment

Unit 1: Introduction to Secure Model Deployment

Unit 2: Best Practices for Secure Model Deployment

Unit 3: Secure Deployment Techniques

Unit 4: Platform-Specific Security Considerations

Unit 5: Monitoring and Incident Response

Secure Model Monitoring

Unit 1: Introduction to Secure Model Monitoring

Unit 2: Techniques for Secure Model Monitoring

Unit 3: Implementing Secure Model Monitoring

Unit 4: Advanced Topics in Secure Model Monitoring

Emerging Threats and Vulnerabilities in AI

Unit 1: Understanding Emerging AI Threats

Unit 2: Specific Emerging Vulnerabilities

Unit 3: Mitigation and Staying Ahead

AI Security Assessment and Penetration Testing

Unit 1: Understanding AI Security Assessments

Unit 2: Penetration Testing AI Systems

Unit 3: Reporting and Remediation

Tools and Frameworks for Adversarial Attack Simulation

Unit 1: Introduction to Adversarial Attack Simulation Tools

Unit 2: Hands-on with Foolbox

Unit 3: Hands-on with ART (Adversarial Robustness Toolkit)

Unit 4: Advanced Tooling and Techniques

Unit 5: Selecting the Right Tool

Vulnerability Scanning and Security Auditing of AI Systems

Unit 1: Introduction to AI Vulnerability Scanning and Auditing

Unit 2: Tools and Techniques for Vulnerability Identification

Unit 3: Performing an AI Security Audit

Case Studies in AI Security

Unit 1: Introduction to AI Security Case Studies

Unit 2: Evasion Attack Case Studies

Unit 3: Poisoning Attack Case Studies

Unit 4: Model Extraction and Data Privacy Case Studies

Unit 5: Supply Chain and Emerging Threat Case Studies